Giacomo Lumbroso

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Giacomo Lumbroso (born October 9, 1844 , † April 2, 1925 in Santa Margherita Ligure ) was an Italian Egyptologist and papyrologist. He was one of the founders of modern papyrology .

Life

In addition to his teaching activities in Palermo and at the universities of Pisa and Rome , he dealt with papyrological studies throughout his life and emerged through numerous publications. Until his death, he wrote articles for various magazines on antiquity, including the Archive for Papyrus Research , the Bulletin de la Société Archéologique d'Alexandrie and Aegyptus .

The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome, he belonged since 1878 as a corresponding, in 1891 as a full member. In 1874 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Fonts (selection)

  • Research on the economie politique de l'Egypte sous les Lagides . (French) Imprimerie Royale / (Italian) Bocca, both Turin 1870.
  • Piero Strozzi fiorentino e la Metafrasi greca dei Commentarii di Giulio Cesare: nota. (= Rendiconti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche. Semester I, 1888, year 285, volume 4, series 4, nessun fascicolo). Tipografia della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Rome 1888, pp. 167-173.
  • La model dell'artista egiziano. In: Archivio per lo studio delle tradizioni popolari. Volume 16, Palermo 1897, pp. 89-93.
  • together with Ulrich Wicken: Greek Ostraka from Egypt and Nubia del Wilcken . Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Rome 1899.
  • together with Matizia Maroni Lumbroso (ed.) and others: Lettere di Giacomo Lumbroso a Mommsen, Pitre, Breccia: 1869-1925 (= Fondazione Marco Besso. Collana). LS Olschki, Florence 1973.

literature

  • Wilhelm Schubart : Giacomo Lumbroso † In: Gnomon . Volume 1, 1925, p. 54
  • Giacomo Lumbroso: Raccolta di scritti in onore di Giacomo Lumbroso (1844-1925) (= Pubblicazioni di Aegyptus. Scientific series. Volume 3). Aegyptus, Milan 1925, also reprint: Cisalpino-La Goliardica, Milan 1976.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the previous academies. Giacomo Lumbroso. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities , accessed on May 1, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Lumbroso, Giacomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Egyptologist and papyrologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1844
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1925
Place of death Santa Margherita Ligure